Cover: Goin' Green
Financial experts have always treated socially responsible investing like a daffy cousin who only wears hemp products, eschews health insurance, and chugs up to the family reunion in her old VW bug. But this year, the cousin showed up in pinstripes, driving a Volvo and making more money than you did. Who's laughing now?

News: Money Talks
Wine brat John Jordan has brought big money and an attack attitude to the North Coast state Senate race, but where are the issues?

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